Professor Johari Shuck talks to Dr. Boyce Watkins about widespread black student protests at The University of Michigan
Tuesday, March 4, 2014
90-year old Senator is still fighting for voting rights for felons
Senator Georgia Powers from Kentucky has a great deal to say about establishing voting rights for felons.
2014.03.01 KKK Rally at the Atlanta, GA State Capitol Building
A young black man who calls himself "Stacey the CEO" caught this Ku Klux Klan rally on video and posted it on his facebook page. Believe it or not, the police came and told him -- along with his friends -- to leave. But they had no problem with KKK terrorists preaching hate from their state capitol steps. Unbelievable!
2014.03.01 KKK Rally at the Atlanta, GA State Capitol Building
A young black man who calls himself "Stacey the CEO" caught this Ku Klux Klan rally on video and posted it on his facebook page. Believe it or not, the police came and told him -- along with his friends -- to leave. But they had no problem with KKK terrorists preaching hate from their state capitol steps. Unbelievable!
Low IQ At Heart Of Difficult Death Penalty Case
"A person from Florida with an IQ as high as 75 may be diagnosed as mentally disabled and be eligible for help getting a job. But on death row, Florida says having an IQ higher than 70 means an inmate is not mentally disabled and may be executed.
The supreme court barred states from executing mentally disabled inmates in 2002, but until now has left the determination of who is mentally disabled to the states.
In arguments on Monday, a 68-year-old Florida inmate, Freddie Lee Hall, is challenging the state's use of a rigid IQ cutoff to determine mental disability.
Florida is among a few states that use a score of 70, as measured by IQ tests, as the threshold for concluding an inmate is not mentally disabled, even when other evidence indicates he is."* The Young Turks hosts Cenk Uygur and Ana Kasparian break it down.
The supreme court barred states from executing mentally disabled inmates in 2002, but until now has left the determination of who is mentally disabled to the states.
In arguments on Monday, a 68-year-old Florida inmate, Freddie Lee Hall, is challenging the state's use of a rigid IQ cutoff to determine mental disability.
Florida is among a few states that use a score of 70, as measured by IQ tests, as the threshold for concluding an inmate is not mentally disabled, even when other evidence indicates he is."* The Young Turks hosts Cenk Uygur and Ana Kasparian break it down.
Low IQ At Heart Of Difficult Death Penalty Case
"A person from Florida with an IQ as high as 75 may be diagnosed as mentally disabled and be eligible for help getting a job. But on death row, Florida says having an IQ higher than 70 means an inmate is not mentally disabled and may be executed.
The supreme court barred states from executing mentally disabled inmates in 2002, but until now has left the determination of who is mentally disabled to the states.
In arguments on Monday, a 68-year-old Florida inmate, Freddie Lee Hall, is challenging the state's use of a rigid IQ cutoff to determine mental disability.
Florida is among a few states that use a score of 70, as measured by IQ tests, as the threshold for concluding an inmate is not mentally disabled, even when other evidence indicates he is."* The Young Turks hosts Cenk Uygur and Ana Kasparian break it down.
The supreme court barred states from executing mentally disabled inmates in 2002, but until now has left the determination of who is mentally disabled to the states.
In arguments on Monday, a 68-year-old Florida inmate, Freddie Lee Hall, is challenging the state's use of a rigid IQ cutoff to determine mental disability.
Florida is among a few states that use a score of 70, as measured by IQ tests, as the threshold for concluding an inmate is not mentally disabled, even when other evidence indicates he is."* The Young Turks hosts Cenk Uygur and Ana Kasparian break it down.
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